On this day in 1914, Western Australia's war truly began, as more than 1,000 infantrymen boarded a train to Fremantle. They would eventually be among the first to land on the beaches of Gallipoli on Anzac Day 1915. Today, commemorations retraced those steps. ...

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The NSW village of Candelo was one of the communities all over Australia that celebrated the first Australia Day on 30 July 1915. It was the original Australia Day, a national event to raise funds for troops wounded at Gallipoli....

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